Complete Color Index

by Jim Krause

With over 2600 color combinations, this set is all you'll need for solutions to your color problems! It contains the original best-selling Color Index and Color Index 2 , and together they comprise the most comprehensive color-selection tool out there. Providing multiple palette possibilities for every project, this complete collection is an indispensable tool for designers, illustrators, photographers, crafters, fine artists and others.

Each color palette includes a swatch, an example of the colors used in a design, and accurate CMYK and RGB formulas, making it easy for you to find appropriate colors and implement them immediately. The palettes in Color Index are divided into categories based on the moods they evoke, while the palettes in Color Index 2 are based on color families. No matter your preferred method for searching, you'll be able to easily reference hundreds of hues at a glance.

Genres: Art, Design, Reference, Art Design

720 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2008

About the author

Jim Krause has worked as a designer in the Pacific Northwest since the 1980s. He has produced award-winning work for clients large and small, including Microsoft, McDonald's, Kodak, Cingular Wireless, Washington Apples, Levi Strauss, Paccar/Kenworth, and Seattle Public Schools. Jim Krause has written over 15 books on design, creativity, and digital photography. His books are widely popular and are on sale around the world. Several have been translated into multiple languages.
Krause's latest books are Color Index XL, Lessons in Typography, Visual Design and Color For Designers.
When Jim isn't working on books, he can usually be found riding or racing either a motorcycle or a bicycle, hiking, reading, roasting coffee beans in his back yard, drinking espresso, or doing an art project of some kind or another.

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

These two little books are a great collection of colors and patterns that are extremely helpful with my work and side projects. They are great resources for web devs and graphic designers with is addition of CMYK and RGB. I actually bought them on a whim the first time I visited Half Priced Books and I was lucky to come across these designers little helpers.